LaDonna DiCamillo

GAC Chair

Jim Eaton

Chairman of the Board

Joanne Davis

Chairman-Elect of the Board

Randy Gordon, ACE, IOM
President and CEO

Long Beach Chamber

rwgordon@lbchamber.com

The GAC Chairman and the Chamber’s President/CEO, in consultation with the Board’s Chairman and Chair-elect, shall serve as an “Advocacy Team” and shall have the authority to act on behalf of the GAC to approve any legislative position that aligns with the Policy Platform consistent with GAC’s mission statement.

Shaun Lumachi

Consultant, Public Policy

Long Beach Chamber

Long Beach Area Chamber of Commerce

Office of Government Affairs

One World Trade Center, Suite 206

Long Beach, California 90831-0206

(562) 983-1241 Office

Second Thursday of each month at 7:30am

Hilton Executive Conference Center

World Trade Center

California Chamber of Commerce Awards

Web Site Founded | February 3, 2003

Web Site Officially Launched | March 27, 2003

In 2003, the Long Beach Chamber launched the first local chamber of commerce Web-based advocacy web site in the world: www.LongBeachAdvocacy.biz.

LongBeachAdvocacy.biz is designed to interconnect all functions of the Chamber’s award-winning government affairs program and communicate directly with the regional, state, national and global business community. In late 2003, the American Chamber of Commerce Executives noted that the Long Beach Chamber’s advocacy web site, “is considered a first in the chamber world. But it certainly won't be the last. It’s by far the most effective means…for communicating with legislative and regulatory bodies.” The Western Association of Chamber Executives representing chambers of commerce throughout the 14-western United States awarded the advocacy Web site the prestigious “Best New Program of 2004” award.

The goal of LongBeachAdvocacy.biz is simple. It coexists with users committing the Chamber government affairs staff to be responsive to feedback; It provides advertising opportunities for Chamber members; It is content driven, updating on a daily basis, and; it empowers the Chamber to find new ways to effectively communicate the importance of involvement in public policy development.

The Chamber is committed to representing the interests of business with government. LongBeachAdvocacy.biz is a value-added membership benefit allowing the Long Beach business community to play an active and immediate role in issues impacting the economic vitality of the region. In 2007, the Chamber will also introduce new tools and services to offer users of the advocacy web site.
 

LongBeachAdvocacy.biz Mission

Daily. Interactive. Relevant. We provide daily, interactive public policy tools relevant to business for our membership and the Long Beach region.

Revolutionize. Necessary. A Service Center. We are revolutionizing business grassroots advocacy by being the necessary business advocacy service center for our membership and the Long Beach region.

Focus

This service enables our business community to interact with the

Chamber's public policy work by communicating to our local legislators

where we stand on important business related issues.

Our Goals

1. Coexist with users and be responsive to feedback.

2. Provide advertising opportunities for Chamber members.

3. Content driven, updating on a daily basis.

4. Find new ways to effectively communicate The Chamber’s involvement in public policy development including the status of our policy priorities and promoting our advocacy events.